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  1. john & sherri

    how many table shrimp does it take to cycle a brand new 220 gal. tank

    LoL, I bet he did look at cha funny, I mean how often does someone buy jus one, We get ours from Publix & they usually jus wrap it & give it 2 us, Thanks again for the info, Hope ya'll have a great day.
  2. john & sherri

    how many table shrimp does it take to cycle a brand new 220 gal. tank

    Thanks, In your opinion do you think a few more could be used in hopes to speed up the process or would that be pushing it, Our tanks 75, 47, & 30 gal. tanks took about 1 week to cycle.........???????????
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    how many table shrimp does it take to cycle a brand new 220 gal. tank

    My Daughter & Son-in-Law are starting their first saltwater tank, Is their a calculation to determine how many shrimp that it would take to cycle out their 220 gal. tank, On our first tank we didn't know any better & we used Damsels per LFS instructions, BUT since then we used a couple of table...
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    please please respond red slime cyano problem

    1 quick question, Should power heads be kept on or not if they are attached to a UV sterilizer ?, We have heard both ways & now we are confused, We have been leave'n them on BUT we have to replace them more often, Says the LFS.....Thanks
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    New Lionfish won't eat

    He is a Violiton Lionfish, Yes we had it on a stick & wiggled it head 1st at his mouth, he did eat it but quickly spit it back out, We also hatched live Brine Shrimp & he may have snapped at them but they were so small it was very hard to tell, can you tell us more about the feeder...
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    New Lionfish won't eat

    He is about 1 3/4", We received him 4 days ago & he hasn't ate yet, He looks at the dead Silversides But won't try to eat them, We purchased him thru an online fish dealer, Should we resort to Live Goldfish ??????????????????????? Thanks.....John & Sherri
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    Live Silversides

    Yeah Thanks, That may end up being our last option, But we just puchased a Lionfish via online fish dealer & he's just not eating, Our last Lionfish ate dead Silversides BUT not this guy, Any other suggestions ?
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    New Lionfish won't eat

    Our new Lionfish won't eat, Is their anywhere that Live Silversides can be purchased, Any suggestions ????????????? John & Sherri
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    Live Silversides

    Can Live Silversides be purchased, If so where ?
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    Hatching Brine Shrimp

    We used Sally's Hatch Mix, They hatched out in about 24 hrs, The 1st batch took alot longer because we didn't have the water temp high enough, Needs to be atleast 80 deg., Our 2nd batch did GR8, We turn'd off the filter system & air pump & our smaller fish went nuts eating the Brine Shrimp...
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    Hatching Brine Shrimp

    We purchased a Brine Hatchery kit so we can feed them to our fish, 1st question is once they are placed into our tanks per instuctions, Whats to keep them from being immediatly pulled into the filter system thus ending the feeding before it begins & should we leave them in the container to grow...
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    Freshwater Spotted Puffer

    So far they R doin GR8, We have (3) GSP in the tank with a Porcipine Puffer & a Dog Face Puffer & they get along GR8, Them GSP get very aggressive when they eat though.............Have a good day
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    Freshwater Spotted Puffer

    Thanks for the info, We also researched online & are at this very moment aclimating 3 green spotted puffers that we purchased from Wal-mart about 4 hrs. ago, The water has reached 1.018 sg & we will aclimate until we reach 1.020 sg, We bought the largest 3 they had which is about 2-2.5 inches...
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    Freshwater Spotted Puffer

    Can anyone inform us on aclimating a freshwater spotted puffer to survive in saltwater tank, we were told you could since they require low levels of salt anyway? Thanks John & Sherri
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    R O Systems

    Thanks jackri, We'll ck it out
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    R O Systems

    K, Guys, We have heard alot of talk about R O Systems, The lfs has water that can be purchased, But we go through alot since we now have 5 tanks, Any idea's on an inexpensive system for the house that may produce just a few gallons per day, We have ZERO knowledge on this subject, Any feedback...
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    Lionfish act'n weird

    We got up & We got up & turned on the lights & noticed that our Lion (which we've had for about 8 month's) Was doing vertical circles & sometimes either running head 1st into a rock or the glass, We immediatly ck the water perimiters in which the Amonia was only up 1 level BUT did a water change...
  18. john & sherri

    puffer's eye's look different

    Yes, Our bristlemouth had died but it was in between feedings,(every other day) So we are sure that was the problem, Thanks
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    puffer's eye's look different

    We have had our Porc Puf for about 5 month's now, & he's been in our 47 gal tank from the get-go, We just got home & was ck'n out all our fish & we noticed that his eyes looked like they have a clear film over them ( as if he were blind ? ), We checked the water levels, They were just a little...
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    Lion Fish acting weird

    Thanks for the reply, We don't have any caverock currently, Yeah we didn't think much about it when he was facing downward being he did that from the get-go, But completely flipped over was very strange looking to us, We noticed the niger in your pic, We also have a niger trigger, But we don't...
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